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Sure, but letters to the editor required the paper to read them and choose which ones were worth printing. Comments on most news sites are typically just assho
by function_seven 6y ago
Sure, but letters to the editor required the paper to read them and choose which ones were worth printing.
Comments on most news sites are typically just assholes making every story about whatever they're obsessed with.
Letters to the editor are still an active thing.
- IPTN 6y agoJinx
- throwawaysea 6y agoThat curation is also a problem. In an era where every news outlet is biased, and most of the major ones are lurching ideological leftward, and journalists bring their personal politics to work, the lack of equal and uninhibited reach for opposing viewpoints is a problem.